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Comparing The Lorax And Horton Hears A Who

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Theodor "Ted" Seuss Geisel or more Commonly known as dr. Seuss Gain Commercial Success after the second World War His poems and books are still love to this day.

in his poems The Lorax and Horton Hears a Who, Dr. Seuss uses poetic devices including Alliteration, Personification and Similes and metaphors to make the message of the poem clearer.

The message of The Lorax is To take care of the planet and to not be too greedy.
The Message of Horton Hears a Who is To help one another no matter what people say.

This essay will show how these poetic devices help the reader better understand the message of the poems.

Dr. Seuss uses alliteration in his poems The Lorax and Horton Hears a Who..
In his poem The Lorax the following alliteration is found, “Grickle-grass grows”and
“miff-muffered moof”. In his poem Horton Hears a Who the following alliteration is found “black-bottomed bird” and “through thin and through thick”. By using alliteration dr. Seuss make the message clear By emphasizing The sentence And make it sound interesting And also because most of dr. “Seuss's poems are for children and children tend to like repetition sounds. …show more content…

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